Sarah's Golden Days

I am such a fan of anything Jen Kingwell creates.  

I have loads of her patterns and loads of her fabrics......all just waiting for me to dive in and create beautiful quilts.

My friend, Sarah - from Idaho, follows through with her love of everything Jen Kingwell and finishes beautiful quilts so she can sleep under them and snuggle under them.  

I don't know how she does it - she works as a nurse and has two rambunctious little boys at home.

I seem to be the dreamer and she seems to be the doer!

Here is her "Golden Days" quilt that I was fortunate enough to custom quilt for her.

Her workmanship is incredibly beautiful.  

I only dream (see - dreamer) of being able to 

applique like Sarah.

These blocks are all so different from each other and yet they pair together beautifully.

Sarah used a variety of Jen's fabrics with a few Kaffe's in there as well.

Her backing is one of my favorite pieces - so bright and cheerful.  

Sarah added a few left-over blocks down the center of her backing - I love that!

I don't have space enough to take a photo of the entire quilt.  It's stunning!

You can find the pattern and templates several places - here's a link to Amazon.

For now, I live vicariously through Sarah's beautiful piecework.

And my basket-o-Jen's-fabrics will still be waiting patiently for my attention.

Delilah

My friend, Sarah....from Idaho, made this gorgeous quilt, "Delilah", by Jen Kingwell.

It's 65" x 68".

You can find the pattern here at Amazon.

Words cannot even describe just how detailed 

and beautiful this quilt is.

I'm such a fan of anything by designer, Jen Kingwell.  

I have several of her patterns, books and fabrics.

Sarah used at least a gazillion different fabrics in her quilt.  

It was a block of the month program sent all the way from Australia, fabrics and templates included. 

 What fun to receive fabrics from overseas!

Here are some close ups of "Delilah" after I quilted it.

 This is her darling backing.....

Sarah did such a great job with color placement.

I quilted a higher level just because.....

because it deserved it!

This is one of my favorite blocks - tiny little orange peel shapes within the star.

There are lots of curvy pieces - love it!

A close up of at least one of each block within the quilt.  It doesn't get much prettier than this!

Sarah - you have some serious ninja quilting skills! 

Thank you for trusting me with such a beauty......I loved every single minute of quilting it for you.

Steam Punk

My California friend, Anitra, created this, (nothing short of amazing), Steam Punk quilt.

The Steam Punk quilt is a Jen Kingwell Pattern.

(one of my favorite designers)

You can find it here with the templates.

The really amazing part about Anitra's gorgeous quilt is that she worked on it while visiting Antarctica.  

Who does that?  

Anitra does!

I LOVE the Antarctica panel she incorporated on the back of her quilt with some patches 

she picked up along the way.

Look at this adorable little penguin just hanging out among the steam punk blocks.

Anitra has such a flair for color and design.  

Some of her blocks have one different wedge or maybe she mixed up the different areas in a block.  

I love the randomness of them! 

I outlined each wedge and added a little mini wedge inside each one.  I also outlined the appliqued' centers and looped the background. 

It was so fun to quilt.

Anitra said is was one of the most special quilts she 

has ever made.....I see that.

And, she has made hundreds of quilts!

She has inspired me to take another look at my future 

Steam Punk.....

This is it - just sitting in my pretty basket waiting for my attention.....waiting and waiting and waiting....

Steam Punk beauty

My friend from Idaho, Domini, made this beautiful

"Steam Punk" quilt.

I've had my little eye on this pattern for some time and after seeing her quilt in "real life" I decided to purchase it

along with the templates.

It's a Jen Kingwell design.

 I'm in love with anything she creates.

I want to hang out with Jen Kingwell - one day I will....

You can purchase the pattern and templates

 here in this Etsy shop.

 

This is a photo before I started quilting.

 

Domini uses wool batting in most of her quilts.

It makes them so soft and drape-y.

 

 

I love her color selection.

 

 

I outlined the spokes and centers then

pebbled the background.

I didn't want to detract from her piecing.

 

 

Then she chooses this for the backing.....

oh, how I love this print!

 

 

Beautiful - so beautiful!

Notice how some of her blocks are "floating" and some of them have their own background. 

I'm going to steal that idea!

 

 

I need to get started on mine, but I haven't picked out my fabrics yet.

Thank you, Domini, for the inspiration.

I love it!